AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL lobbying for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 19, 2026

Expenses

$280,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 162(e) definitions (method C): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 4

DIANN HOWLAND

Previously held: Pension Policy Director for the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Pension Policy Advisor of the Senate Finance Committee
KATHRYN JOHNSON

Previously held: Attorney advisor, Office of Benefits Tax Counsel at the U.S. Department of Treasury; attorney, Office of Chief Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service
MATTHEW MUMA

Previously held: Legislation Counsel with the Joint Committee on Taxation; Attorney-Adviser with the Department of the Treasury
ILYSE SCHUMAN

Previously held: Senate HELP Committee, Chief Labor Counsel, Minority Staff Director

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 10

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 2

Retirement

ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of retirement plans Proposed regulation regarding investment selection in retirement plans (designated investment alternatives) Tax treatment of retiree health accounts (S. 2003) Market-based cash balance plans Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs) and non-PEP Multiple Employer Plans Defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans Caregiver retirement savings catch-up credit (S. 4291/ HR 8273) Trump (child savings) accounts - nondiscrimination rules and dependent care assistance programs non-discrimination rules Trump IRAs - SAVERS MATCH Roth Catch-up - treatment of tips Automatic re-enrollment of unenrolled plan participants (S. 1831) Reduction of required age for participation in retirement plans from 21 to 18 (S. 1707 / HR 4718) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - penalty reporting Charity Parity Act (S. 4511 / HR 8783) Collective Investment Trusts and Insurance Company Separate Accounts

Health Issues

ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule

Bills named in this filing 14

S. 2003
Strengthening Benefit Plans Act of 2025
S. 4291
Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2026
H.R. 8273
Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2026
S. 1831
Auto Reenroll Act of 2025
S. 1707
Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act
H.R. 4718
Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act
S. 4511
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income charitable distributions from certain em…
H.R. 8783
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income charitable distributions from certain employer-…
H.R. 4710
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
H.R. 5582
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
H.R. 2199
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
H.R. 9393
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026
S. 3345
PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act
S. 526
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025